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BAD WORD ALERT! But this, from Game of Thrones, sums it up for me:

Barefaced.

Apart from the really low weight anyway

I'm not surprised at the price. I also don't care that it's made in Indonesia. As Ibanez and others have proved location is no longer a good indicator of quality. Most of the time it's all the same model CNC machines, it's just the local over-heads that are lower. That being said, £3K is outside of what I'm happy to spend on a new bass so I doubt very much I'll be having one, despite the really low weight being a massive appeal to me.

Probably a Status. But only if they can do a new neck shape for a 5 string.

I got my first SR5 in metallic blue with matching headstock for £695 iirc.

Varies. But if it’s the first time that particular bass has been in the U.K. it will attract import tax and VAT on the bass value and the shipping cost. roughly 25% on top of the cost of the bass and shipping. Still, there’s a classifieds section on here for selling. Give it a try.

That’s exactly it.

For these. Just counter sunk

Strap lock hole for Dunlop strap systems.

Drag it to your desktop. Then use a PDF Printer to generate a pdf. Done!

Yamaha have done good things with Ampeg, and amazing things with Line 6 so hopefully Korg will do the same.

I suspect this is an attempt at humour. As I'd say to my kids... "Well done you!! Don't give up!.... Now clean your room."

I just bought Harry’s Keeley Compressor Pro. Fast delivery, well packed, pedal in superb condition. All good! thanks!

I'm using a Yamaha DXR10 with a Helix and it's great. Loud, punchy, and can be angled to point at me if I want that. There are a couple used ones for sale on thefretboard forum. Might be worth a look.

Spector has one. Was one in the classifieds recently.

Drive pedals automatically add compression, just depends if it is enough. I play mostly clean-ish these days in a big / swing band. I'm swapping from fingerstyle to plectrum to slap depending on the tune and those have very different dynamics so I always use a compressor just to tame the extra volume on the slapping. When I mix a clean and dirty signal compression is pretty much vital on the clean side - the dirty is already compressed and sustains for longer = so compressing the clean means that the sustain levels can be matched. Otherwise the clean fades long before the drive does. If you like all the dynamics affecting the drive levels then put it at the end of the chain. If you also like it affecting the input stage of your amp, then put it in the FX loop so you are only taming the peaks into the poweramp and not how the preamp reacts. It's all good. Whatever works There are loads of people who don't use them though - although a significant amount of them are still getting compressed - usually by the FOH engineer on the desk.

Gonna Fly now (Rocky) Moon Dance - Van Morrison Don't stop me now - Queen All new ones at rehearsal this morning, all big band arrangements.

I will have to try a Vigier at some point. I love the look of the Passions. Would have to be a 4 string though - the 5 string nut width appears to be 48mm and that's too big for me.

1987 school swing band, on sax.